The Maid
The Maid by American Painter Peter Driben (1903 – 1968); maler, illustratør og en af de mest produktive pin-up kunstnere i 1940'erne og 1950'erne.
An alluring and sexy pinup girl illustration of a raven haired beauty outfitted in a most revealing maids uniform.
She has around her hair a a wide pink ribbon that ties down a floral like arrangement on the top of her head.
The white maids uniform has a deep v-cut at the center and is sleeveless, with just some top should flaring with ruffled red accents on it.
Along the sides near her hips are three cutout ovals that get progressively large from top to bottom and the pockets of the uniform that she has her hands tucked into have ruffled red trimming along the top edge.
She is sitting on the edge of a curved wooden beam, as she reveals her beautiful legs that covered in sheer black stockings just above her thigh, with an orange band on her left thigh; as well as wearing black opened toed high heel shoes.
The background of the image is a slight abstract red with fine orange outlines around her body.
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Info nedenfor fra Wikipedia.org
Peter Driben blev født i Boston, og han studerede på Vesper George Art School, inden han flyttede til Paris i 1925. Mens han tog klasser på Sorbonne i 1925, han begyndte en række meget populære pen-og-blæktegninger af byens showgirls.
I marts af 1934 Driben skabte sin første kendte pin-up, som var forsiden til La Paree Stories; og af 1935, han producerede covers til Snappy, Pep, New York Nights, Fransk natteliv og Caprice.
Da Dribens popularitet fortsatte med at stige i slutningen af trediverne, skabte han flere forsider til andre tidsskrifter, herunder Silk Stocking Stories, Film Merry-Go-Round og ægte skærmsjov.
Driben’s career expanded into advertising when he moved to New York in late 1936. Here he created original three-dimensional die-cut window displays for Philco Radios, Cannon Bath Towels, and the Weber Baking Company.
Perhaps his most famous work being the original posters and publicity artwork for The Maltese Falcon. Peter Driben was also a close friend of publisher Robert Harrison, og i 1941 he was contracted to produce covers for Harrison’s new magazine Beauty Parade.
From there Peter went on to paint hundreds of covers for that publication and for the other seven titles Harrison was to launch – Flirt, Whisper, Titter, Wink, Eyeful, Giggles, and Joker.
Driben would often have as many as six or seven of his covers being published every month. Driben’s work for Harrison established him as one of America’s most recognized and successful pin-up and glamour artists. Just before he began to work for Harrison, Driben married the artist, actress and poet, Louise Kirby.
I 1944 he was offered the unusual opportunity, for a pin-up artist; that was to become the art director of the New York Sun, a post he retained until 1946. During the war, hans populære maleri af amerikanske soldater, der hejede flaget ved Iwo Jima, udløste en betydelig mængde medieopmærksomhed.
I 1956, Driben og Louise flyttede til Miami Beach, hvor han tilbragte sine pensionistår med at male portrætter (herunder en af Dwight D. Eisenhower) og andre kunstværker, som blev organiseret i vellykkede udstillinger af hans kone. Driben døde i 1968, Louise ind 1984.